Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.

Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (26 March 1740-7 August 1809) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th district from 4 March 1789 to 3 March 1795, preceding Roger Griswold; a US Senator from 4 March 1795 to 10 June 1796, succeeding Stephen Mix Mitchell and preceding Uriah Tracy; and Governor from 1 December 1797 to 7 August 1809, succeeding Oliver Wolcott and preceding John Treadwell. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. was born in Lebanon, Connecticut in 1740, the son of future Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. and the brother of painter John Trumbull. He served in the state legislature from 1774 to 1775, from 1779 to 1780, and in 1788, and he served as the Continental Army's paymaster for the Northern Department from 1775 to 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. From 1781 to 1783, he served as an aide-de-camp to George Washington. Elected to the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, Trumbull sat as a member of the Federalist Party. He went on to serve as Governor from 1797 until his death in 1809.